Posts tagged with "wisdom"

Mar. 20 | [W]e are supposed to be the refuge and protector of all infinite beings. The beings with unfortunate karma that we are supposed to be protecting are instead being killed without the slightest compassion, and their boiled flesh and blood are being presented...

Feb. 20 |
While rebirth occurs gradually
from life to life,
rebirth occurs swiftly
from moment to moment too.
– Ignoramusan
In the 12 links of dependent origination (十二因缘) which explain how rebirth occurs, ignorance (无明) is the root cause. How did...

Nov. 27 | Of a worthy goal reachable,
have Faith to reach it,
have Aspiration to reach it,
have Practice to reach it.
– Shilashanti
… there is the case where a certain monk
follows right after the community of monks…
He doesn’t have the other...

Nov. 8 |
There are four kinds of [karmic] actions
proclaimed by me,
after realising them for myself
with direct knowledge.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Kukkuravatika Sutta)
(As paraphrased and extended from the second half of the Kukkuravatika Sutta)
[1] There are dark...

Oct. 25 | If you think you are either superior or inferior to someone,
an invisible wall goes up between you.
Treat him like an old friend you haven’t seen in a while.
When you let your guard down, so will he.
– Haemin Sunim
I heard a story from Korea…...

Aug. 1 | In the case of words that the Tathagata
knows to be factual, true, beneficial,
and endearing and agreeable to others,
he has a sense of the proper time for saying them.
– Sakyamuni Buddha
(Abhaya Sutta)
Of all the Buddha’s disciples,...